Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120014545 | Hearing Instrument and Method for Providing Hearing Assistance - There is provided a hearing instrument comprising an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals and means for mechanically applying acoustic waves to the blood in a blood vessel of a user in the audible frequency range according to the processed audio signals in order to stimulate the user's hearing sense. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016181 | Fully or Partially Implantable Hearing System - There is provided an at least partially implantable hearing system comprising a microphone assembly for capturing audio signals from ambient sound; an audio signal processing unit for processing the audio signals captured by the microphone assembly; an implantable main electromechanical output transducer for direct mechanical stimulation of the cochlea according to the audio signals processed by the audio signal processing unit; an implantable box having a central part and an open flange for penetrating through the cochlear wall into the perilymph fluid, wherein the inner cross section of the central part is larger than the inner cross section of the flange; and wherein the electromechanical output transducer is for acting on the perilymph fluid in the central part of the box through a port provided at the box. The box comprises at least one of a port for an implantable auxiliary electromechanical output transducer for acting on the perilymph fluid in the central part of the box, a port for drug application into the perilymph fluid in the central part of the box, a port for taking out perilymph fluid from the central part of the box, a port for applying optical stimuli to the perilymph fluid of the cochlea, and a port for at least one sensor for sensing at least physical or chemical parameter of the perilymph fluid in the central part of the box. | 01-19-2012 |
20130006044 | HEARING AID AND METHOD OF IMPLANTING A HEARING AID - A hearing aid including a permanent magnet to be fixed at a patient's incus ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130172662 | PARTIALLY IMPLANTABLE HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A partially implantable hearing assistance system, having: an external unit ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130178855 | IMPLANTABLE HEARING AID AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING THE SAME - An at least partially implantable hearing aid, having: a microphone arrangement ( | 07-11-2013 |